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Richard E. Carroll, 93,
Richard E. (Dick) Carroll
Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great-Grandfather Veteran of World War II Active
Member of the Local Community Richard E. Carroll, 93, former resident of Lawrence Park,
North East and Harborcreek,PA,
died on November 8, 2011 at Sunrise at Presque Isle Bay. He was born in Lawrence Park
(then known as East Millcreek) on July 21, 1918, the son of the late Raymond G. and Edith
Stahlman Carroll. Mr. Carroll was a 1935 graduate of Harborcreek High School and attended
Cathedral College and the University of Pittsburgh. He was employed for 46 years at
General Electric, starting in the Apprentice Training Program and serving thereafter in
numerous management positions, his last assignment being Manager of Management Training.
He was nominated for the prestigious Gerald L. Philippe award. Following his retirement he
established a consulting business in Management Training. During World War II he enlisted
in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Officer Candidate School and served in Europe as
Administrative Officer in the Counter Intelligence Corps. Mr. Carroll was active in many
local, state and national organizations. His 23 years on area school boards included
membership on the fou!
nding board of the Iroquois School District and presidencies of the Erie County School
Board and the Erie County Technical School Board. He was also Chairman of the General
Advisory Council at both Erie County Technical School the Erie Technical Memorial High
School. In 1980 Mr. Carroll was appointed by Governor Richard Thornburg to the
Pennsylvania Council on Vocational Education, serving two years as Chairman. He was then
appointed to a leadership role in the National Association of State Advisory Councils and
became a member of the People of America for Vocational Education. Later, at the National
Press Club in Washington, D.C., he was the first Pennsylvanian to be recognized for
"Exemplary Achievement in Strengthening the Nation's Vocational Education
System," which he received from President Ronald Reagan. This was followed by
appointment to a National Panel of Vocational Education Experts. Mr. Carroll served on
Boards or Advisory Boards for numerous community organiza!
tions, including: The Greater Erie Eye and Organ Bank, Americans for t
he Competitive Enterprise System, Hamot Mental Health Advisory Board, the Rape Crisis
Center, the Harborcreek Historical Society and Gannondale. He was very active in the
Lawrence Park Lions Club (since 1956), the Y-Men's Club, the Erie Rotary Club and the
GE Elfun Society. An Eagle Scout, Mr. Carroll was adventurous and loved going for long
walks. He was also a world traveler, living in several European countries while in
military service, visiting Tanzania as part of the Erie-Tanzania project; and, as member
of the People-to People citizen ambassador program, visiting New Zealand, Australia,
China, Mongolia, Iceland and Greenland. He was a longtime member of St. Mark the
Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Lawrence Park, where he was President of the Holy Name
Society, first President of the Parish Council, Usher since 1962, and Eucharistic Minister
since 1993. He was a member of the Cursillo Movement. He was preceded in death by his
first wife of 51 years, Doris Kraus Car!
roll, and a brother, Ralph Carroll. He is survived his wife, Phyllis Wagner Carroll (who
is currently under the care of her daughter in St. Petersburg, Florida) and her adult
children and family. He is also survived by his son, James Carroll of Boston,
Massachusetts; his daughter, Cathleen Baker, and her husband, John, of Harborcreek; two
granddaughters, Sherry Loos and her husband, Matthew, of Suffield, Ohio and Brenda Glazier
and her husband, Gregory, of Waterford; a grandson, Gregory Baker and his wife, Jennifer,
of Erie; and seven great-grandchildren, Jesse and Ryan Glazier, Samantha and Holly Loos
and Eli, Naomi and Ian Baker. Friends may call the G.R. Bailey Funeral Home, 4396 Iroquois
Avenue, Lawrence Park, on Friday, November 11 from 2-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A service will be
held there at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 12, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial
at St. Mark the Evangelist Church at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be at St. Gregory Cemetery in
North East. Memor!
ials may be made to Sisters of Our Lady of Charity (Gannondale), 4635
East Lake Road, Erie, PA 16511, or St. Mark the Evangelist Church, 695 Smithson Avenue,
Erie, PA 16511.
( in the Erie Times-News on November 10, 2011 )
St. Mark the Evangelist Church ."
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